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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Demonetisation: SC to hear Centre’s transfer plea on Wednesday
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Demonetisation: SC to hear Centre’s transfer plea on Wednesday

Centre seeks the transfer of all demonetisation cases to either one high court or the apex court

TheSupreme Court had on 18 November dubbed as a “serious issue” the long queues outside banks and post offices. Photo: MintPremium
TheSupreme Court had on 18 November dubbed as a “serious issue” the long queues outside banks and post offices. Photo: Mint

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Wednesday (23 November) a plea of the Centre seeking transfer of all demonetisation cases to either one high court or the apex court. A bench of Chief Justice T. S. Thakur and Justice D. Y. Chandrachud listed the matter after Attorney General (AG) Mukul Rohatgi mentioned it and sought an urgent hearing.

Rohatgi said that as directed by the apex court on the last hearing of the case, the Centre has filed the transfer petition. The apex court had on 18 November dubbed as a “serious issue" the long queues outside banks and post offices and expressed its reservation on the Centre’s plea seeking a direction that no other court in the country should entertain petitions challenging the 8 November notification demonetising 1,000 and 500 currency notes.

It had made the remarks after the AG submitted that any matter relating to challenge to the demonetisation issue be heard by the apex court only. However, the bench had said, “People are affected. People are frantic. People have the right to approach the courts," noting that people were facing difficulties. The bench had questioned the relief measures undertaken by the Centre and asked why it had squeezed the exchange limit to 2,000. The AG had then explained the situation by stating that after printing, the currency has to be moved to thousands of centres across the country and ATMs have to be re-calibrated.

He had also said that 100 notes are in circulation and the ATMs needed to be re-calibrated to issue new currency notes of 500 and 2,000. The Centre had moved the apex court on 17 November seeking a stay on the proceedings before various high courts and other courts except the apex court against demonetisation issue, saying otherwise it will create a lot of confusion.

The apex court had on 15 November refused to stay the government’s demonetisation notification, but asked it to spell out the steps taken to minimise public inconvenience. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a televised address to the nation on 8 November, had announced that 500 and 1000 notes will no longer be legal tender from 9 November. He had said the government has declared a “decisive war" against black money and corruption.

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Published: 21 Nov 2016, 05:20 PM IST
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